groundbreaking

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Recent Examples of groundbreaking The Backyard Sports series has been revived under the Playground Productions label after extensive efforts to track down the rights to the groundbreaking PC titles and redevelop the original code. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 June 2025 Huggins said the new lab will have a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony in the fall. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2025 Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2—a painting of mechanical parts replacing the human form—debuted at the groundbreaking Armory Show in New York. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 Off the course, Judy Hoyt carried the baton for inclusive education, playing a pivotal role in drafting Chapter 766—the groundbreaking Massachusetts law that became a model for federal special education legislation. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for groundbreaking
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundbreaking
Adjective
  • If tokenized equity direct listings are allowed, this wouldn’t be the first time the SEC helped an innovative new product get off the ground.
    Christopher Perkins, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • So have innovative documentaries like Peter Jackson’s Get Back and Ron Howard’s Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Sharing the screen with Nicole Kidman in the second season of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers proved to be a career highlight, Straus says, and one that helped renew her creative passion.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 30 June 2025
  • Apple Music has unveiled a new studio near its Culver City headquarters, an expansive 15,000-square-foot space the streaming service hopes will serve as an all-in-one creative hub where musicians can come for radio interviews, write and record new music, conduct photo shoots and film video content.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The building is listed at $2.49 million, a drop from its original price of $2.9 million.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2025
  • Both sides offered slightly competing proposals to respond to the note, with the government’s proposal encouraging jurors to firmly stick to the original instructions on the law.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • To take full advantage of this novel solution, greater adoption is needed by standards organizations and industry groups.
    Srinivas Shekar, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Leave Burke aside for the moment, save to observe that Sullivan’s approach in invoking him was novel at a time when even like-minded activists preferred radicalism.
    Jack Butler, National Review, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Light, clever, and just leftfield enough to feel like a proper find.
    Lela London, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Dubno’s novel sounds equally thoughtful and nasty, clever and juicy and full of great drama.
    Literary Hub July 1, Literary Hub, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • None of which, sad to say, is terribly fresh or exciting.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
  • This particular recipe, which adds sauteed shrimp, white wine and fresh tarragon to the mix, leans toward the simpler preparation.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025

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“Groundbreaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundbreaking. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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